20080028283 - Document production support device, methods thereof and storage medium: A document production support devices accepts entry of instructions specifying a plurality of devices, determines an order of invoking the specified plurality of devices in accordance with attributes of the specified plurality of devices, and generates a sequential process description document invoking the plurality of devices in the determined order.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080028286 - Generation of hyperlinks to collaborative knowledge bases from terms in text: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates a hyperlink for a term in text, wherein the hyperlink is directed to an entry for the term in one or more knowledge bases, wherein a knowledge base can provide information about different types of terms, such as, acronyms,... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028287 - System and method for dynamic data access in a spreadsheet with external parameters: In one aspect, the present invention relates to utilizing a spreadsheet by defining a parameter external to the spreadsheet and associating the parameter with the spreadsheet to define a parameterized workbook. In one embodiment, this utilization further comprises storing a location of the spreadsheet and storing the name of the... Agent: Robert Handsaker

20080028288 - Adapting a spreadsheet for use with a complex object: A method for use with a spreadsheet includes storing a cell object, where the cell object includes a location in the spreadsheet of a cell to which the cell object relates and a process associated with the cell, and performing the process on a complex object to produce a result,... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080028289 - Form filling lens: Techniques for implementing a form filling lens are described, including displaying at least a portion of a form, the portion comprising a first field configured to receive data, drawing a lens comprising a first data entry area to receive a first input comprising the data, receiving the first input using... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20080028290 - Dynamic column adjustment: A system, method, and computer program for adjusting a column in a table, comprising the steps of defining a plurality of resizing columns; defining a plurality of data columns; selecting one of said resizing columns; and moving individually, said selected resize column whereby a column width of at least one... Agent: Ugs Corp.

20080028292 - Techniques to facilitate reading of a document: An automatic reading assistance application for documents available in electronic form. Embodiments of the present invention help a reader to quickly find and assimilate information contained in a document. According to an embodiment, the present invention annotates portions of a document which are relevant to user-specified concepts. According to another... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080028293 - Method and apparatus for generating multiple documents using a template and a data source: A system that generates multiple documents using a template document and a data source. During operation, the system receives the data source, which includes parent records, child records, and metadata which describes the data stored in the parent and child records. Next, the system receives the template document which includes... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028295 - Dynamic page generator: In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method for providing at least one customized advertisement in a dynamically generated customized page is provided. The method includes receiving a user request for a customized page. In response to the user request, the method further includes receiving a template program specific... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080028294 - Method and system for managing and maintaining multimedia content: A method and system for displaying and organizing content are described. In one aspect, the method and system include an embeddable display widget that receives content pushed to the display widget, provides input regarding the content, and plays the content. In another aspect, the method and system provide content to... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080028296 - Conversion of plain text to xml: Methods and systems are provided for converting text to XML code. A schema is applied to the text. The schema is a XML-compliant template that incorporates a single enhanced regular expression. One enhancement causes the matched text to be concatenated and displayed. The concatenated matched text is merged with the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080028297 - Method and apparatus for presenting electronic literary macrames on handheld computer systems: Handheld computer game-playing systems and similar devices are here adapted for use as electronic readers for literature, specifically supporting complex literary and instructional forms, each a work of literature which is woven and knotted together using many threads of narrative in a nonlinear fashion supported only by programmable electronic systems... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080028299 - Wrapping nodes in a drawing canvas: Wrapping nodes in a drawing canvas may be provided. A plurality of nodes may be received and a location to wrap the plurality of nodes may be determined. The location may be between two consecutive nodes in the plurality of nodes. Furthermore, a direction may be determined to place a... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080028301 - Document markup processing system and method: A document that has been created with a document authoring software is published for viewing using a document viewing software. The document viewing software provides tools for viewing and annotating the published document and saving the published document with the annotations. When the published document with the annotations is opened... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080028302 - Method and apparatus for incrementally updating a web page: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that updates a document. During operation the system can receive a first document which was generated using a first set of data. The first document can include a first set of layout instructions which specify how to arrange the first set... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028303 - Fault-tolerant romanized input method for non-roman characters: Fault-tolerant systems and methods to process and correct input errors are disclosed. Original inputs can be received, each original input being defined as mapping to multiple characters in a language, each original input having one or more associated proximity measurements. Original inputs that have proximity measurements with one or more... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080028304 - Method and apparatus for font subsetting: A method and apparatus are provided for embedding a font subset in an electronic document. The method in one form includes analyzing a document having characters of a font set where characters may have different forms depending on the location of the character in a word or one or more... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.

20080028305 - Computer, server and method for translation of documents: A translation method reduces the Lime required for display of the translation of a web page. Based on a translation request, a translation service server requests a translation engine translate an HTML document. The translation service server also extracts image tags from the HTML, and transmits the dummy tags to... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080028306 - Information distribution for use in an elevator: A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information; and retrieving... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080028307 - Image forming system and image forming method: An image forming system is disclosed. The image forming system comprises a URL acquiring part to acquire URL data corresponding to a location of a web page acquired through an Internet in a web browser; a URL format converting part to convert the URL data into at least one predetermined... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080028308 - Visual display method for sequential data: A method of displaying linearly ranked data items that involves fixed patterns and user-responsive visual prominence to improve user consideration of those results. Ranked Data Items can be generated dynamically via a search engine or be a historical record of collected Data Items over time and ranked by the user.... Agent: Black Fin Software Limited Atten: James Scott Brownnlee

20080028311 - Method and system for providing a viewable virtual information center: A viewable virtual information center comprising a master node accessible by a user and one or more information nodes coupled to the master node. Content descriptions describing the documentation from the information nodes are collected at the master node and combined into an integrated content description, which is presented to... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080028312 - Scene organization in computer-assisted filmmaking: Novel tools that allow a user to organize filmmaking work. In some cases, a user interface can allow the user to organize filmmaking components directly in the filmmaking software, without necessarily requiring the user to explicitly use a file structure on a hard disk for organizational purposes, as some have... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080028313 - Generation and implementation of dynamic surveys: Techniques are described for generating and implementing dynamic surveys, in which a subsequent query is presented based at least in part on a selected response option of a previous query. For example, a system may include presentation logic configured to display a plurality of queries, each query being associated with... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Intellevate

20080028314 - Slide kit creation and collaboration system with multimedia interface: A slide kit creation system and method allows reviewers of a slide kit to insert non-textual comments, such as audio comments, to be associated with selected slides. In one embodiment, audio comments are transmitted to a host computer by telephone, and may be posted on the host computer for access... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080028315 - Universal identification code for four dimensional (4d) information distribution: The present invention provides for a four dimensional (4D) Help information distribution system and method which allows on-demand, interactive, and real-time transmission of time-sensitive and useful self-help data or instructional materials to a user accessed based on a universal identification code. The transmission of the 4D information can be initiated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080028316 - System and method for managing a plurality of web services: System and method for managing a plurality of web services. The system may include a registry with a description for at least one of the plurality of web services, wherein the description of the at least one web service may comprise a first endpoint for a first runtime condition and... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080028318 - Method and system for providing dailies and edited video to users: A method for use in providing video to a user includes establishing digital video data that includes images shot in relation to a making of content, uploading the digital video data to a server, and sending the digital video data from the server through a network to a client device... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080028319 - Console-integrated updatable terms: An application console queries an updatable term service for updates to terms. The application then displays a current term, a legacy term, or a customized term according to user preferences. The application may also display a term indicator to notify the user that the term has an associated legacy term... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080028320 - System and method for dynamic uploading of user interface generation logic: A system and method for generating a user interface by, responsive to end user input, building a text file including data source and formatting logic; instantiating an uploadable skin; binding the text file to the skin; responsive to command from the end user, dynamically uploading the skin from a user... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080028321 - On-demand groupware computing: The collaborative sharing of resources on demand based on proximity, within a group or network of computers. Broadly contemplated herein the “tiling” of a collection of logically adjacent individual graphical desktops in a virtual desktop. In such a setting, the action of dragging a window or icon off of one... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20080028322 - Electronic device and method of messaging meeting invitees: A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least... Agent: Perry + Currier (for Rim)

20080028323 - Method for initiating and launching collaboration sessions: A document collaboration process is centered around a digital media object that is the subject of the collaboration, and makes the role of the server computer that is hosting the collaboration session more transparent to the user. As a result, a user can initiate a collaboration session without logging into... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080028325 - Networked gesture collaboration system: A system and method is provided for a collaboration input/output (I/O) system. The collaboration I/O system may comprise a display screen and a gesture image system. The gesture image system may be configured to generate image data associated with a location and an orientation of a first sensorless input object... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080028327 - Information processing apparatus and user interface control method: There is provided an information processing apparatus which allows a user interface implemented in a description language such as XML or the like to re-use a widget. A user interface description document can describe a command to allocate a widget with reference to a widget description document that describes the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080028326 - System and method for adaptive theming of a mobile device: In the field of mobile devices, it is desirable to allow parties extraneous to a mobile device's manufacturer the ability to theme the mobile device. It is also desirable to allow changes to the theme of the mobile device in order to reflect changes in the corporate identity or services... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080028328 - System and method to dynamically change object data patterns: A system and method for displaying UI pattern elements. An Object Data Pattern (ODP) which is a type of UI pattern element provides for display of data in a row or a portion of the view. The ODP displays data in one portion of the view, while another ODP to... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080028329 - Creation and management of service candidates for a service model: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the creation and management of service candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request for an action concerning a service candidate associated with a SOA service model, and displaying a user interface corresponding to the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080028330 - System and method of identifying and measuring response to user interface design: In accordance with aspects disclosed herein, impact that a user interface design has on a user's experience is measured. User response to one or more user interface designs is measured. Two or more user interface designs can be compared based on user response to each design. A single user interface... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080028331 - Graphical interface for configuring enterprise-wide computer systems: A system utilizing a graphical interface for configuring an enterprise-wide computer system is disclosed. The system operator “drags” graphic icons from a repository by using a mouse or other pointing device and places the icons in a workspace area to produce a graphical representation of the network utilized by the... Agent: James A. Hudak, Esq.

20080028332 - Method and system for automatic data aggregation: A system, for automatic data aggregation, may include a communications module to access an electronic form, a detector to detect a workflow indication associated with the electronic form. The system further comprises and an aggregator. The aggregator may be configured to associate electronic form data with an aggregate package in... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/adobe

20080028333 - Method and system for portable data aggregation: A system for portable data aggregation may include a communications module to receive an electronic form, an extractor to extract field data from the electronic form, an aggregator to associate the field data with an aggregate package. The system may further include a characterization module. The characterization module may be... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/adobe

20080028334 - Searchable personal browsing history: A system, method and program product for creating a searchable personal browsing history. In response to a user request to obtain a web page from the Internet, metadata and textual data are automatically extracted from the web page. Then, the extracted metadata and textual data are indexed and stored. Subsequently,... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080028335 - Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices: Apparatus, methods and software for creating resolution-independent vector display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing and/or to fit any resolution or screen size. According to one aspect, novel client-side processing of Web content is provided that translates portions of... Agent: Law Office Of R. Alan Burnett

20080028337 - User interface elements for hierarchical selection of items: A user interface element for selecting items from a hierarchy of items can present a cell for each level in the hierarchy of items. Each cell can be associated with a level in the hierarchy and is operable to receive user input. In response to receiving user input directed to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080028338 - Presenting multiple views of a system: A system and method for creating and using configuration diagrams for configuring distributed systems. The methods described herein may be used for various types of operations in configuring distributed systems, including creating programs, managing programs in the distributed system, deploying programs to various distributed devices, configuring remote execution or inter-operation... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C.

20080028339 - Control system for a motor vehicle: A control system for a motor vehicle, having a manual actuating means with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels and a screen display having a plurality of display areas for displaying the menu... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080028341 - Applications of three-dimensional environments constructed from images: Applications that extend the basic concept of determining spatial relationships between images and generating a model allowing users to experience the images in a 3D environment are provided. One application is directed to the creation of documents that may be readily shared, viewed, and edited, wherein the documents include references... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080022195 - System, method and program for managing electronic sticky notes: System, method and program for managing electronic sticky notes. At a first workstation, a user defines content of an electronic sticky and specifies one or more workstations to receive and display the electronic sticky note. The first workstation sends to a server, via one or more networks, a definition of... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080022196 - Method and apparatus for implementing web pages having smart tables: A method and apparatus that allows a user to specify whether his web page has primarily row or column layout. Web page editor software designed in accordance with the present invention generates the internal representation of a page (such as HTML) differently depending on how the user specifies the web... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP (adobe)

20080022197 - Facilitating adaptive grid-based document layout: A system and methods for facilitating adaptive grid-based document layout. More particularly, the adaptive grid-based document layout system and methods feature a new approach to adaptive grid-based document layout that utilizes a set of adaptive templates that are configurable in a range of different pages sizes and viewing conditions. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080022198 - System and method for adding proper names and email addresses to a spell check definition list: A system, method, and program product is provided for spell checking a document. Proper names are retrieved from an address book and these names are added to a temporary dictionary. In addition, email addresses and additional names can be added from additional data sources as indicated by a user. The... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Rsw (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080022200 - Blended learning experience tool and method: A blended learning solution is defined by determining degrees of elements in learning zones. The zones are defined by the types of interactions of the learners. Both formal and informal learning is defined for each zone. A specialized circular display is constructed to depict the optimal blended learning solution.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080022201 - Personalized fine granularity access control for calendar systems: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to event exposure in a C&S system and provide a method, system and computer program product for personalized fine granularity access control for C&S systems. In one embodiment, a method for personalized fine granularity access control in a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080022202 - Image inversion: A method comprises selecting a first center point for a first portion of an image, copying the first portion, centered about the first center point, to a buffer; and inverting the copied first portion about a first edge of said portion.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080022205 - Recording control device and recording control method, and program: A recording control device, whereby data recorded on a first recording medium is recorded on a second recording medium, includes a receiving unit and a recording control unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a command from a user relating to editing. The recording control unit is configured to... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080022207 - Audio player with lyrics display: A method of displaying text corresponding to an audio file on an audio player includes selecting a first audio file and loading a first text file corresponding to the first audio file. A character set file is generated and contains a list only those characters included in all text files... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080022208 - System and method for personalizing the user interface of audio rendering devices: Audio playback is used to enhance the control of Personal Digital Entertainment devices. Embodiments of the present invention provide audio message files associated with the activation of a control or provide other device status messaging Audio messages are also provided in file sets that are user selectable to give the... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20080022209 - Dynamically controlling content and flow of an electronic meeting: Dynamically controlling content and flow of an electronic meeting. After a meeting has been initiated, a monitoring system continuously monitors the meeting for an occurrence of a trigger event. The monitoring system determines whether a trigger event has occurred by comparing observed conditions to a set of predetermined trigger rules.... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080022210 - Wedding ceremony information distribution system: There is provided a wedding ceremony information distribution system for playing photographs taken in a wedding ceremony and names of participants, in a wedding reception hall. The system includes: a camera for imaging the wedding ceremony; a video image projection device for playing a video image edited/processed according to the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080022217 - Selecting and identifying view overlay information for electronic display: A method of managing the display of overlay information in one or more views. For each overlay item available for display in a current view, it is determined whether the available item has an item type currently selected for display. For each available item having a currently selected item type,... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080022218 - Method for cache image display: A method for cache image display in an electronic apparatus having at least a LCD screen and a storage device, said method being applied when a user performs operations such as shrinking, enlarging, dragging or adjusting the viewing area of a thumbnail image on said screen, said method comprises the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080022220 - Method and system for controlled distribution of information over a network: An information management and distribution system is disclosed. The information management and distribution system includes a client-side application and a server application that interact to facilitate the controlled exchange of contact information over a network. The client-side application can provide creation and design, rolodex, exchange, and update features. The information... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080022222 - System and method for building graphical instrument panels: A mechanism for constructing a software-based instrument panel or front panel in which the components correspond directly with sections of code in a textual language program is disclosed. The textual language program relates to how the panel updates and operates in a continuous fashion. Icons representing panel components are selected... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080022223 - Programmable virtual book system: An electronic information browsing system that provides a book-like interface—a virtual book—for presenting electronic contents. Specifically, an electronic information browsing system that allows users to configure its behavior via data and program specification encapsulated in a dynamic file format. Configurable behavior includes but not limited to the kind of contents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080022225 - Display and management of a service composition candidate inventory: An apparatus, system, and method to facilitate the display and management of composition candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request to view one or more composition candidates from a composition candidate inventory in a SOA service model, and displaying the composition... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080022227 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus may include a controller for controlling the reproducing of a menu based on content recorded on a information recording medium. The controller may control producing a menu that allows the content to be selected and reproduced by chapter, the chapter defined by a mark as content... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080022228 - User interface device and method of implementing the same: A user interface device and a method of implementing the same. The user interface includes a first menu layer of a ring type including one or more menus, and a second menu layer of a ring type to display sub-menus of the menus included in the first menu layer. The... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080022230 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: An information processing apparatus may control display of a GUI image including indexes that allow a user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece. The information processing apparatus may include a controller configured to control display of a first GUI image including an index of each... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080022229 - Methods and systems for enhancing internet experiences using previews: A user interface for a computer system includes a repository for indications of Web pages of interest configured as a stack, the stack being rendered on a computer screen as a slideable drawer of thumbnail images and an associated tool bar, the drawer configured to be hidden from view when... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080016436 - Spreadsheet interface for streaming sensor data: Sensor nodes are programmed by representing a sensor node of a sensor network as a field on a displayed page, displaying a list of programs with which the sensor node can be programmed, and programming the sensor node in accordance with user selection of the field representing the at least... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080016437 - Method and system for modifying and presenting document data: A computer-implemented method and program product of modifying and presenting document data (150). Sub-elements (180) of document elements (TA) are marked as “fixed” elements. When the document data is presented in a visible document area of a computer program processing the document, the fixed elements are presented as long as... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080016439 - System and method of pen-based data input into a computing device: An improved system and method for pen-based handwritten and keystroke data input into a computer system is disclosed. The system and method receives pen-based data entry from multiple related input boxes within a handwriting area on a digitizer pad. Thread-based processing allows each input box or group of input boxes... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080016440 - Programming and managing sensor networks: Sensor nodes are programmed by representing a sensor node of a sensor network as a field on a displayed page, displaying a list of programs with which the sensor node can be programmed, and programming the sensor node in accordance with user selection of the field representing the at least... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080016442 - Electronic location calendar: A method and system is described for providing a traveler with the ability to query an electronic social network for travel related information, using an electronic location calendar. The traveler, and related individuals, enter future travel plans into the system, and the system will provide a graphical representation on an... Agent: Denis Khoo

20080016441 - Method and apparatus to facilitate altering a presentation order for search results: A plurality of search results and a plurality of user-alterable graphic user interface elements are provided simultaneously (101) via a display (200). These search results correspond to a general search conducted using a plurality of search criteria. The aforementioned user interface elements, in turn, each correspond to at least one... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080016443 - Navigation device and simple/detailed information display method: A navigation device includes: a display monitor equipped with a touch panel with a display screen assuming a substantially rectangular shape; a display control unit that displays specific simple information over part of the display screen along a side of the display screen or in a corner of the display... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080016444 - Mobile communication terminal with a schedule management method: A method for reminding a user of a mobile communication terminal of an event scheduled using a scheduling feature of the mobile communication terminal is provided. The method comprises displaying an alert, associated with a scheduled event, on a display screen of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the alert is... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080016445 - On-demand numerical conversion: An apparatus, program product and method provide on-demand numerical conversion of convertible numerical values such as measurements and monetary values. A numerical value that is displayed in a document such as a web page, and that is represented in a native unit, may be converted to a value represented in... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080016446 - Method and apparatus for displaying user comment: A communication management technology of improved convenience is provided. A game apparatus includes: a registration unit which registers other terminals accessible through a network as participants to notify each other's status to; a status information acquisition unit which acquires information indicating the statuses of the registered terminals through the network;... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080016447 - Information processing device: An information processing device includes: an information acquisition process control unit for selecting an information piece to be selected and sending an instruction to a communication unit; the communication unit for transmitting an information acquisition request to other information processing device connected via a network, and acquiring information from the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080016449 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus comprising: first display control unit configured to control a display unit to display an image based on the hypertext data acquired on a server via a network; second display control unit configured to control the display unit, in response to selection of a link included in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080016453 - Facilitating communications between computer users across a network: An icon or file is provided to facilitate communications across a network. The icon or file represents a contact or set of contacts and is separate from the communications program's user interface. At least one action is executed in response to an operation performed on the icon or a command... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080016452 - Interactive graphic operator interface panel for switchgear systems: An operator interface panel for electrical switchgear includes a screen that has a first section for displaying a state machine chart indicating a succession of operating states in which the switchgear can function. A second section of the screen displays a plurality of icons each depicting an action that the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080016454 - Data input-output device: A method for enabling an access to a remote page by simply clicking a link button without inputting page number values. A data input-output device of the present invention includes a data input unit, a display unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays data to be selected... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20080016455 - Document management system and its method: An electronic pasting method for pasting electronic data in consideration of printed and written data, including updating pasted data when electronic data is updated after it is pasted. The electronic pasting method uses a detecting unit and a paste information updating unit. The detecting unit detects a paste stroke made... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080016456 - Method and system for providing docked-undocked application tabs: A system and method are provided for providing a graphical user interface environment to a user. A view of a plurality of applications and an active application may be provided to an output device. The view may be selected from a group consisting of a windows view where each of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080016457 - Character input device, character input method, and information storage medium: To realize a readily understandable character input interface which does not need many physical keys, a character input device comprises a character input interface image display section for displaying a character input interface image which contains a plurality of key images (a key image alignment) each associated with one or... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080016458 - Smart page with prescribed format, layout and function boxes: Tools, methods and computer programs for content management, wherein various exemplary embodiments include one or more of the following: an interface for presenting a user with a layout comprising at least one content management module; the at least one content management module enabling a user to provide a desired content... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20080016459 - Gradual desaturation mechanism for conveying information: A gradual desaturation mechanism enables particular types of information to be conveyed on a user interface. According to one method for execution in a color graphical user interface environment, a user interface representation is captured, with the exception of the first defined space. Then, in order to convey attention to... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080016460 - Data processing apparatus and method using soft keyboard: A data processing apparatus and method using a soft keyboard. A touch screen unit includes a first window on which a soft keyboard to input characters by a touch screen mode is displayed, and a second window on which the characters inputted through the soft keyboard are displayed. When the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080016461 - Method and apparatus for repositioning a horizontally or vertically maximized display window: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program to reposition a display window that has been adjusted along a dimension. The method includes displaying a display window on a desktop, the display window having a first boundary, a second boundary opposite the first boundary, a third boundary about perpendicular to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080016462 - Methods and apparatus for enabling use of web content on various types of devices: A method and system for displaying web content, including information bearing regions, on a mobile communicator including arranging the web content to be readily viewable on a display screen of the mobile communicator, in the form of at least one mobile communicator adapted page including a plurality of adapted information... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080016463 - Systems and methods for using a switch to control a computer: Software and graphical user interfaces for controlling a personal computer system using one or more switches, or alternative pointing devices. When a highlight or a cursor is over a desired display item, a fill indicator is displayed. The fill indicator provides a visual indication of how long the highlight or... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080016464 - Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080016465 - Portable electronic device with graphical user interface: A portable electronic device and a method for accessing information in the electronic device, which includes a display and a graphical user interface for presentation of information on the display. The electronic device comprises a set of information items presentable in an item list on the display, such as a... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080016467 - System and methods for interacting with a control environment: A system and methods for facilitation of user interactions with an electronic device. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced interface to a user. A method of providing user interaction using a compact status... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080016468 - System and methods for interacting with a control environment: A system and methods for facilitation of user interactions with an electronic device. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced interface to a user. A method of providing user interaction using a compact status... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080016469 - Apparatus and method for generating thumbnail images: The present invention discloses an apparatus for automatically generating thumbnail images for a video browser and a video recording and reproducing device, and a method therefor. A difference between histograms of two DC images of a current frame I picture and a previous frame I picture is calculated and compared... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080016470 - Image display apparatus and method and image management program: Date and time information concerning image files included in the folder is obtained, a time range from the oldest image to the newest image is calculated, and the time range is displayed with folder information. For example, data on shot dates and times recorded as associated information concerning the images... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080016471 - Electronic device for providing 3d user interface and method of providing a 3d user interface: Electronic devices providing three-dimensional user interface and methods therefore are provided. The electronic device includes a graphical user interface (GUI) unit for producing a GUI, the GUI including a device layer for displaying device information using at least one of side surfaces of a first polygonal pillared shape, and a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080016472 - Markup language for interactive geographic information system: Data-driven guarded evaluation of conditional-data associated with data objects is used to control activation and processing of the data objects in an interactive geographic information system. Methods of evaluating conditional-data to control activation of the data objects are disclosed herein. Data-structures to specify conditional data are also disclosed herein.... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20080016473 - Display of hierarchical data with non-numeric measures: A method and system for displaying hierarchical data. An orthogonal table structure, which includes a row structure S1, a column structure S2, and an array structure S3, is displayed. S1 and S2 include hierarchical levels of a first hierarchy E1 and a second hierarchy E2, respectively, of linked non-numeric data... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080010584 - Method and apparatus for presentation of a presentation content stream: A content presentation apparatus comprises a receiver receiving content items, such as individual adverts. A filter processor filters the content items in response to a user profile thereby generating a subset of content items associated with the user. The subset of content items may e.g. be stored in a data... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080010585 - Binding interactive multichannel digital document system and authoring tool: A digital document and authoring tool for generating a digital document comprising a multi-channel interface is provided that achieves improved user interaction. The digital document includes a plurality of content channels providing primary content continuously in a looping manner and at least one supplementary channel on a single page. The... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080010586 - Enhanced handling of repeated information in a web form: A presentation interface for rendering Web form content can include a Web form, a repeated item section, and a collection control section. The Web form can be written in a markup language based upon a Standard Generalized Mark-up Language (SGML). The Web form can include a repeating structure that references... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080010587 - Document processing device and document processing method: Let us consider a case in which a document processing apparatus 100 opens an XML document. In a case that there is an available definition file associated with the document, the XML document is processed using the definition file. Before opening the XML document, the document processing apparatus 100 makes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010588 - Document processing device and document processing method: Let us consider a case in which a user modifies a definition file using a definition file editing function provided by a definition file creating unit 86. In this case, the definition file creating unit 86 inquires of the user whether or not a logic is to be inserted, which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010590 - Method for programmatically hiding and displaying wiki page layout sections: A method for configuring a page to conditionally show specific page components is provided. In response to receiving a request to show a current page from a client browser, page components are identified that maybe shown from a set of page components. In response to receiving a request to show... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010589 - System and method of chart data layout: A chart data layout system and method of processing chart data in a report is provided. The chart data layout system comprises a query module for decomposing required data into required data queries, a chart layout module for rendering a chart based upon chart data received from the queries, a... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080010591 - Web forms creation and reporting tool: Interface tools, methods and/or computer instructions for building a web page which may be a web form, wherein a user is presented with a user interface providing a layout of the web form. A user interface including a design space allows the user to enter at least one text element... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20080010593 - User interface input device: A haptic/tactile input in which the behavior and/or appearance of the mechanical user interface input is configured to be adapted to the function and context of an electronic device to give feedback and cues to the user. The mechanical input for example, buttons, sliders, levers, and other input devices are... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080010594 - Method for generating multi-language menus: A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player.... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20080010595 - In-vehicle computer system: An in-vehicle computer system includes a host computer, a mode switch and a backup microprocessor. When the host computer functions ordinarily, the mode switch is in a regular mode as a default, and the host computer uses various graphical interfaces on a display to control the operations of electronic devices... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010596 - Vpu with programmable core: Included are embodiments for processing video data. At least one embodiment includes a logic configured to receive video data having a format chosen from at least two formats and logic configured to receive an instruction from an instruction set including an indication of the format of the video data. Some... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080010597 - Error handling using declarative constraints in a graphical modeling tool: Use of declarative constraints in an error validation framework of a graphical modeling tool. The declarative constraints define one or more rules that objects of a graphical model should adhere to. When enforced against the graphical model, objects that do not conform to the rules may be identified. A declarative... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080010598 - Dedicated computer client application for searching an online dating database: A dedicated computer client application interfaces with, searches, and displays results from an online dating database. The application opens a window on the computer desktop. Search criteria entered into the application and matching profiles from the database are displayed in the window. Profiles can be selected to form matches with... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Blanco, Pl

20080010599 - Method and apparatus to organize files based on download locations: A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program code for managing files. A set of origination locations for a plurality of files is identified to form a set of identified origination locations in response to a request to view the plurality of files. Each origination location in the set... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010600 - Configuring a graphical user interface on a multifunction peripheral: A method and apparatus for customizing a graphical user interface on a multifunction peripheral is provided. User interface specification data is transmitted from a device to the multifunction peripheral. User interface specification data defines a desired display and operation behavior for the user interface. Result data is received at the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP

20080010601 - System and method for web based collaboration using digital media: A system and method configured to allow production team members to view, organize and manage production of a motion picture. The system and method allows the production team members to organize the project script; extract the script into scenes and slates; view, organize, select and collaborate on uploaded digital media... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080010602 - Independent image for mobile device graphic user interface: A method, system and program product for managing a mobile device graphic user interface (GUI) image that allows for an independent image, such as a “floating” logo, is disclosed. The method for managing the image, such as a logo, on a mobile device graphic user interface (GUI), includes providing a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20080010603 - Context sensitive searching front end: A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080010605 - Systems and methods for generating and correcting location references extracted from text: Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: displaying a document on the display device; displaying a selectable button for requesting location-related information pertaining to the document; accepting a user selection of the button... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080010606 - Graphical user interface device and method for security application rack: Graphical user interface device and method for security application rack. The present invention provides a graphical user interface for a network appliance. The interface includes a computing device. The computing device is coupled to a world wide network of computers. The interface also includes a display coupled to the computing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080010607 - System and method for providing an improved graphical user interface for search: There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080010608 - Apparatus and methods for ensuring visibility of display window: Devices, systems and methods for controlling displays in a multi-display environment are disclosed. The exemplary system may include a module for intercepting display creations from the display system. A module makes a determination whether the intercepted display is a dialog display and, if so, promotes the display status of that... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080010609 - Method for extending the capabilities of a wiki environment: A computer implemented method for configuring commands for a collaborative web page. A graphical representation of a selected command is selected on the collaborative web page. An interface is invoked for the selected command. The interface allows for editing properties of the selected command. The selected command is updated using... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010611 - Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080010613 - Information processing method and apparatus and information processing program: A hierarchical hysteresis menu area is such an area in which the hysteresis information from the hysteresis of past operations up to the current hierarchical layer is displayed responsive to an operation on an operating unit and in which selection by a user is made using the operating unit. As... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080010614 - Mobile communication terminal and method for setting slide attribute thereof: A method and terminal for setting slide attributes of a message, are provided. According to an embodiment, the method includes selecting a slide attribute setup menu for setting an attribute of at least one slide included in the message, and displaying a slide attribute setup screen including a slide selection... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080010615 - Generic frequency weighted visualization component: A method for displaying categories of content is provided. A request is received from a client to display labels that categorize content for a data source. The request includes a set of parameters. In response to receiving the request a plurality of labels are identified based on the relevance of... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010616 - Spherical coordinates cursor, mouse, and method: A three-dimensional computer cursor is controlled by a 3D mouse using the spherical coordinate system, where the computer cursor can move in lines, curves, or geometrical grids in 2D or 3D. The 3D mouse enables the user to interact with the computer games physically by moving the user's hand as... Agent: Cherif Atia Algreatly Mathematical Inventing - Silicon Valley

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